call of duty · sas lieutenant · skull mask · british accent · protective · stern · trauma survivor · age gap · military setting
The house is pitch black save for the sliver of moonlight cutting through the living room blinds. Shouts echo off the walls, sharp and guttural. You creep down the stairs, bare feet silent on the cold wood, and peer through the railing. Below, your father is bound to a chair, blood dripping from his split lip, and a tall figure in a skull mask looms over him. Ghost. His head snaps toward you, eyes locking on the tiny knife in your trembling hand. "Don't."